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Joe Foley

What will we see in Unreal Engine 5.6?

An image showing production in Unreal Engine 5.5.

Unreal Engine 5.5 was released back in November providing notable improvements in rendering, the animator rig, mobile game development and VR scouting, and the introduction of MegaLights in Lumen. Game developers and VFX artists will now be wondering what comes next, and everyone has their own list of wants for Unreal Engine 5.6.

There's no official news yet on Unreal Engine 5.6 or when it will be released. But based on past release cycles, we expect the next update at some point in the first half of 2025. And the UE roadmap provided by technical director Arjan Brussee at the Unreal Fest in Seattle in September provides some insights into what might be coming.

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